Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-04
THE EUROPEAN WAR CLOUD,
The Strained Relations Between France
and Germany Intensifying.
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BERLIN, April 80.-[Copyrighted, 1887.
by the New York Associated Press.]-The
budget committee of the Reichstag to-day
adopted in the form proposed by the
Government the estimates for the con.
struction OF barracks and hospitals, also
the vote for strategic railways, the vote
for increasing the efficiency of the army and
the loan bill. When the Reichstag resumes
it's sessions OF Thursday the committee
will present a report approving the whole
OF the budget proposals except the military
grant.
sTRAINING AT A GNAT
Some discussion occurred over the ap-
preparation Of SO, 900 marks to be devoted
to rendering the army better prepared to
fight, and a suggestion was made to reduce
the vote of $4,000, 900 for strategic rail-
ways, but the ideas of economy were over
ruled by the conviction that a collision
with France cannot be long postponed, for
the release of Schnoebels only modifes the
position.
IN JUSTIFICATION
OF Prince Bismarck's diplomatic position
in demanding a cessation OF French Off
cial excitation to revoltin Alsace-Lorraine,
and a stoppage OF the organized system of
espionage throughout the empire, Ger
many has good reason to demand that
France shall cease from official intriguing
in the German provinces. 1t is believed
that Prince Bismarck is about to make
urgent representations that, having proved
good will in the Schnoebel case, France
must now stop offenses against law by or
dering her officials to refrain from foment-
ing treason in Alsace-Lorraine. If tia re-
spouse of the French Government to these
representations is not satisfactory, the
Schnoebel incident, it is thought, will be-
come the starting point of
THE GREATEST EVENT OF THE CENTURY.
The Cologne Gazette publishes a list oil
French agents who have been arrested and
convicted in Germany, and defes the
French Government to adduce q single case
where German agents have been convicted
OF espionage in France. "Hitherto," the
paper adds, French government agents
who were arrested have been liberated after
a short detention" The cases of the Dan.
ish captain, Sarauw, the poet, Krazeuski,
and the Belgian, Bannsent, do not apply
to the French. A recent instance Of the
l~eniency of the German government is the
case OF Littelrier, who was caught at Carls-
uhe, having in his possession plans of
fortresses and sketches, and who was lib
eratel after his guilt had been fully estab-
lished. This course on the part of the gov
eminent has been the rule toward other
but further observance II
rules, the Gazette
IMPOSSIBLE.
The Kreuz Zeitung represents that in
irritation among all classes in Ger
must impel the government t. ask
n f0 nffor tr,,ofn opkh- u,,ovnrkooc
that Germany shall in future be protected
official permitted espionage. The
edict of the war party is that if Prince Bis
marck means to raise the final question
now delaying the conflict, he has enabled
the French war department during the past
Jour months to reform and immensely
strengthen their lines of defences on the
On the other hand, four months
ago the popular feeling was against war,
now the popular opinion throughout
Germany will be with Bismarck if
WAR Is DECLARED NECESSARY.
General Walderzo with his staff inspected
during the week the frontier line northward
rom Metz. He visited Mogevere and
making his headquarters at
latter place. There has been a con-
tinual change of Government troops on the |
provinces, but this is reported to |
be owing chiefly to new arrangements under |
The Army bill.
BILLS IN THE REIcHsrAG.
Resolutions signed by A. Won Mime
,erode and 1877 members of the Landtag, |
the government to introduce in the
.2eichstag a bill to augment protective du.
les or agricultural produce. The govern
nent has enough on hand for the current
ession without raising a question which
night imperil it's majority. When the Reich
tag resumes the first bill to be introduced
will be for sugar taxation reforms, a measure
which DR.. jacob, Minister OF the Imperial
Treasury, promised.